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This issue of the AJRCCM (pp. 70–77) contains a meticulously illustrated article on hard metal lung disease (HMLD) (), an uncommon and still somewhat mysterious occupational interstitial lung disease that affects people exposed to dust from hard metal objects.The disease has been known by various names: hard metal pneumoconiosis, tungsten carbide pneumoconiosis, hard metal lung, giant cell ...
Read More: 7 Ways To Clear Your Lungs After Inhaling Dust. Preventing Metal Dust Damage To Your Lungs. Prevention is one of the best ways to avoid complications from inhaling metal dust. Personal protective equipment like respirators, when used by those working around heavy metals and minerals, can help keep these particles from entering the ...
21 maj 2019 · With greater exertion, more oral breathing results, and thus ventilation rates and activity patterns need also to be considered in different modelling exposure scenarios. ... and high dust volumes contribute to mental stress and ill health as well as diseases specific to the dust characteristics and metal content. Social and Managerial Risks ...
2 lut 2020 · Introduction. Inhalation of metal dust and fumes can induce a wide variety of pulmonary diseases, including lung cancer, airway diseases, and pneumoconiosis (1-3).In cases of pneumoconiosis induced by metal inhalation, patients usually show yearly progression of disease, which results in pulmonary fibrosis.
4 maj 2020 · Purpose of Review Hard metal lung disease is a rare entity due to cobalt and tungsten carbide exposure. This review summarizes the literature focusing on pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and management. Recent Findings Theories for pathogenesis include immunogenic activation, oxidant injury, and induction of hypoxia-inducible factor in macrophages. Multinucleated giant cells with ...
Background: Metallic dust is a heterogeneous substance with respiratory sensitizing properties. Its long term exposure adversely affected lung function, thus may cause acute or chronic respiratory diseases. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a steel factory in Terengganu, Malaysia to assess the metal dust exposure and its relationship to lung function values among 184 workers.
1 sty 2022 · Hard metal (lung) disease is a form of ILD that may be encountered in subjects exposed to hard metal dust (hard metal-induced bronchial asthma, which may coexist with interstitial disease in the same patient, is sometimes included in the clinical entity of hard metal lung disease, but usually the term hard metal lung disease is restricted to ...
